PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdullah Mahmud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricardo Gonzales has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Gonzales
vs
Mahmud

180 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

150 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricardo Gonzales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Abdullah Mahmud !
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Mahmud .

Gonzales drives through and clinches with Mahmud against the cage.
Mahmud jumps guard but Gonzales turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Mahmud has had enough of the clinch but Gonzales keeps him there for the moment.
Mahmud wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gonzales is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mahmud is defending well for now.
Mahmud wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mahmud lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gonzales is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gonzales is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gonzales tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mahmud tries to circle away but Gonzales has him pinned against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzales tries to pull guard but Mahmud won't allow it.
Mahmud wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mahmud tries to break free but Gonzales pushes him back against the cage.
Mahmud tries to pull guard but Gonzales forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales tries to land knees in the clinch but Mahmud avoids the damage to the body.
Mahmud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gonzales working hard to break the clinch.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Mahmud has eaten all the pies!
Mahmud working hard to break the clinch.
Gonzales tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mahmud avoids it.
Gonzales keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mahmud 's efforts to push away.
Mahmud wants a takedown but no success here.
Ricardo Gonzales has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Abdullah Mahmud .
Mahmud slows down the pace here.
Gonzales wants to take the fight to the mat but Mahmud manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Mahmud is trying to maintain a safe position but Gonzales gets an underhook and turns Mahmud into the cage.
Gonzales misses with a punch on the inside.
Mahmud is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Gonzales to keep the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales prevents a body shot from Mahmud .
Gonzales can't find room to land a body shot as Mahmud controls the action.
Mahmud is trying to drag Gonzales to the mat but Gonzales just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Mahmud tries to pull guard but Gonzales won't allow it.
Mahmud swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mahmud wants to get back to striking at distance but Gonzales won't allow it.
Mahmud tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gonzales smiles and moves away.
Mahmud tries to clinch there but Gonzales circles away.
Gonzales keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gonzales takes a swing at Mahmud 's ribcage but misses.
Mahmud lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

Gonzales scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gonzales decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Mahmud dodges the punch combination from Gonzales.

Gonzales gets a double leg takedown into Mahmud 's guard.
Gonzales cracks Mahmud with a solid left hand.
Gonzales tries to free his leg and advance position but Mahmud is retaining full guard.
Gonzales slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Mahmud has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Gonzales has passed into side control.
Mahmud is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales happy to just control the position for now.
Gonzales working the ground and pound.
Mahmud is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Gonzales asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mahmud is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Gonzales is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Gonzales dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Mahmud gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Gonzales stands up and waves to Mahmud to follow him.
Mahmud throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Gonzales wants to clinch but Mahmud slips to the side
and Mahmud counters with a series of strikes. Gonzales will be more careful next time no doubt.
Mahmud shoots in for a takedown but Gonzales shows good takedown defense.
Gonzales appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

Gonzales changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Mahmud looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mahmud takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

Gonzales working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Mahmud is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales controls the position from side control.
Mahmud stops Gonzales from passing to mount.
Gonzales taking a breather here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Gonzales decides to stand back up.
Mahmud shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gonzales but Gonzales pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mahmud shoots and misses

and Gonzales counters with a single leg into guard. Mahmud didn't expect that.
Ricardo Gonzales has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Abdullah Mahmud .
Gonzales lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mahmud being controlled here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Mahmud for as long as he can get away with.
Gonzales stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mahmud swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gonzales knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mahmud on the ground.
Gonzales postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gonzales with a nice head shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Gonzales drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Mahmud dives on top into guard.

Gonzales is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mahmud can do to turn this around?

Gonzales pushes Mahmud off and gets back to his feet.
Gonzales is looking to score with low kicks.
Mahmud wants to clinch.
Gonzales tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mahmud paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mahmud looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mahmud tries a head kick but it misses.
Mahmud fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gonzales has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Gonzales dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Gonzales tries to close the distance and clinch but Mahmud swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mahmud unleashes a big counter combination but Gonzales bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Mahmud is looking to clinch but Gonzales is avoiding it.
Mahmud shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Gonzales counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Gonzales trying to control the pace.
Gonzales working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Mahmud wants to improve his position but Gonzales is controlling well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Gonzales stands up from half guard.
Mahmud dives in for a single leg takedown but Gonzales sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mahmud counters with an outside leg kick.
Mahmud scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Ricardo Gonzales has been cut.
Mahmud takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Gonzales drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gonzales is in close to Mahmud 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gonzales lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mahmud trying to control the position.
Gonzales lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Gonzales is in close to Mahmud 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gonzales is stalling in the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahmud wants to sweep here but Gonzales controlling him for the moment.
Mahmud can't keep his opponent in guard - Gonzales advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gonzales lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gonzales lands a nice short elbow.
Gonzales will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gonzales looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Gonzales is taking a breather. Mahmud says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Gonzales is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales slips a nice elbow through Mahmud 's hands, connecting with Mahmud 's forehead.
Gonzales controlling the action here.
Gonzales lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mahmud wants to improve his position but Gonzales is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Gonzales is looking for a kimura but Mahmud is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gonzales to get the leverage.
Gonzales wants to pass the guard but Mahmud is defending well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Gonzales in particular looking to stall.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Abdullah Mahmud has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Gonzales scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Gonzales showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gonzales, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Gonzales!